Drone footage reveals size of Strule education project in Omagh

HERE IS an exclusive look at the massive Strule campus which is set to transform education in Omagh.

Work has recently started on the Strule Shared Education Campus, which is due to open in 2028.

This drone footage of the site was captured in recent weeks and shows the size of the site and the extent of the work being undertaken.

Construction work on the Strule campus, which will bring six Omagh schools together on the one site, only started in February of this year, despite the campus plans being first announced as part of the Hillsborough Agreement in 2010.

When completed, the site will be shared by six schools – Arvalee School & Resource Centre, Christian Brothers Grammar School, Loreto Grammar School, Omagh Academy Grammar School, Omagh High School and Sacred Heart College.

Each school will have its own building but there will be a range of shared facilities, including sports facilities.

We revealed yesterday that planning permission is also being sought for a new bridge across the River Strule on the new education campus.

Planning permission for a bridge on the campus was previously granted in 2019 but the permission runs out after five years.

Therefore, the new application is seeking a renewal of the planning permission previously granted.

The Strule site was previously used as a military base from as far back as the 1880s.

The British Army vacated the huge site in 2007 and since then there has been much discussion, but little action, about the educational plans for the land.

Now, after many years of delay, the Strule Shared Education Campus, the biggest education project of its kind ever undertaken in the North, is slowly taking shape.